Healthcare Jobs in Raleigh, NC

Government wage data for the broad Healthcare Practitioners group in Raleigh-Cary shows an annual mean around $109,710 to $109,720, a median of $84,830, a 25th percentile of $62,230, a 75th percentile of $114,850, and a 90th percentile of $176,660. By contrast, current posted salaries in the local sample center on about $75k to $94k, and hourly-paid postings center on about $36 to $48 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 211 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $62,400 at the 25th percentile, $85,904 at the median and $101,920 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Favorable market | next 3-6 months

This is a favorable market for licensed Healthcare Practitioners who can work on-site and fit hospital or clinic workflows quickly. Raleigh-Cary unemployment was 3.1% in August 2026, and local education and health services employment reached 110.7 thousand, up 3.5547% year over year. The local sample also showed more than 1,200 practitioner postings across more than 300 companies over the last 90 days. The reason this is not an easy market is that North Carolina healthcare-practitioner employment is up 1.9% year over year while active postings are down 5.3% year over year, so employers appear to be hiring selectively rather than broadly.

Best positioned: Licensed clinicians with recent direct patient-care experience, clear examples of patient assessment and clinical documentation, current BLS, and flexibility for on-site hospital or clinic work have the best odds right now.

Main caution: If you need remote work or visa sponsorship, this market gets much tougher: about 90% of postings are on-site and less than 5% of postings that state a policy mention sponsorship availability.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 525 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Duke PA: 87 open roles
2. Duke Health: 76 open roles
3. Wakemed: 58 open roles
4. UNC Health: 21 open roles
5. Surgery Partners, Inc.: 13 open roles
6. Central Carolina Hosp: 12 open roles
7. Legacy Healthcare Services, Inc.: 11 open roles
8. ECU Health: 9 open roles
9. MainStreet Family Care: 9 open roles
10. Athletico: 8 open roles

Where the openings are

• Durham: 185
• Raleigh: 150
• Cary: 49
• Smithfield: 16
• Garner: 15
• Apex: 12
• Clayton: 12
• Knightdale: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 486 (94%), hybrid 17 (3%), remote 13 (3%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is concentrated first in direct care settings. In the local posting sample, healthcare accounts for about 45% of practitioner postings, hospitals and health care about 40%, and mental health care about 5%. That points job seekers toward hospital systems, multispecialty clinics, outpatient networks, and behavioral-health providers rather than payer or remote-first employers. The employer base is broad rather than dominated by one company. The local sample captured more than 1,200 postings across more than 300 companies, with Duke PA and WakeMed the most consistently active named employers and overall employer concentration described as fragmented. That is good news if you are willing to run a wide search, but it also means you should not wait for a single marquee system to reopen the exact role you want. Role accessibility is also concentrated by work style and experience. About 90% of postings are on-site, about 45% are entry level, and about 50% are mid career. Candidates seeking remote practitioner work or leadership titles are searching in the smallest part of the market.

• Hospitals and health systems (high): Hospitals and health care make up about 40% of local practitioner postings, and the most active named employers include Duke PA and WakeMed.
• Broad healthcare and ambulatory clinics (high): Healthcare as a broader industry accounts for about 45% of postings, which suggests steady opportunity in outpatient, multispecialty, and clinic-based care.
• Mental health care (moderate): Mental health care represents about 5% of local postings, so it is a real niche but smaller than acute-care and general healthcare channels.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site hospital and clinic roles where you can show immediate patient-assessment and documentation productivity, then add mental-health providers as a second lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Clinical documentation improvement specialist: Local demand repeatedly emphasizes clinical documentation, and AI-assisted documentation tools are spreading, so clinicians who like chart quality work have a natural bridge path.
• Clinical research coordinator: Practitioner experience transfers well into protocol discipline, consent workflows, documentation, and patient follow-up.
• Clinical informatics analyst: Digital-health, analytics, and AI-fluency signals are rising, making informatics a plausible move for clinicians who like systems work more than continuous bedside volume.
• Population health or care-coordination coordinator: Patient education, care planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration are already core skills in the local market, which makes this a realistic bridge for clinicians who want less procedural intensity.

What postings ask for

• North Carolina license or compact-ready status (table_stakes | immediate): This market is still fundamentally gated by licensure, and North Carolina's 2026 reforms created faster pathways for physicians, PAs, and some internationally trained physicians. Who: Relocating physicians, PAs, internationally trained physicians, and clinicians returning to practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) (table_stakes | immediate): BLS is the most commonly named certification in local postings at about 15%, with a separate about 5% explicitly asking for BLS certification. Who: New grads, RNs, therapists, imaging staff, and anyone targeting acute or outpatient care.
• Patient assessment (table_stakes | immediate): Patient assessment appears in about 30% of local postings, making it one of the clearest common denominators across sub-roles. Who: Entry-level and mid-career clinicians across bedside, clinic, and rehab settings.
• Clinical documentation and note review (differentiator | near-term): Clinical documentation appears in about 25% of local postings, and ambient clinical documentation is one of the fastest-adopted AI uses in healthcare in 2026. Who: Anyone interviewing for high-volume bedside, clinic, or telehealth-adjacent roles.
• Patient education, treatment planning, and care planning (differentiator | immediate): Patient education shows up in about 25% of local postings, while treatment planning and care planning each appear in about 15%. Who: RNs, NPs, therapists, behavioral-health clinicians, and ambulatory-care applicants.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration in team-based care (differentiator | near-term): Interdisciplinary collaboration appears in about 10% of local postings, and North Carolina has expanded team-based practice options for PAs. Who: Mid-career clinicians moving into larger systems, specialty practices, or supervisory pathways.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Practitioners roles pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Government wage data for the broad Healthcare Practitioners group in Raleigh-Cary shows an annual mean around $109,710 to $109,720, a median of $84,830, a 25th percentile of $62,230, a 75th percentile of $114,850, and a 90th percentile of $176,660. By contrast, current posted salaries in the local sample center on about $75k to $94k, and hourly-paid postings center on about $36 to $48 / hour. This is a genuinely good-paying field relative to North Carolina's all-occupation offered salary of about $63,996 and the state's practitioner offered salary of about $99,780, but the category mixes together very different roles, from RNs and therapists to pharmacists and physicians.

Where is demand for Healthcare Practitioners roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC concentrated?

Opportunity is concentrated first in direct care settings. In the local posting sample, healthcare accounts for about 45% of practitioner postings, hospitals and health care about 40%, and mental health care about 5%. That points job seekers toward hospital systems, multispecialty clinics, outpatient networks, and behavioral-health providers rather than payer or remote-first employers. The employer base is broad rather than dominated by one company. The local sample captured more than 1,200 postings across more than 300 companies, with Duke PA and WakeMed the most consistently active named employers and overall employer concentration described as fragmented. That is good news if you are willing to run a wide search, but it also means you should not wait for a single marquee system to reopen the exact role you want. Role accessibility is also concentrated by work style and experience. About 90% of postings are on-site, about 45% are entry level, and about 50% are mid career. Candidates seeking remote practitioner work or leadership titles are searching in the smallest part of the market.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Practitioners talent in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Recent postings show the most activity from Duke PA (200 postings), Wakemed (125 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Practitioners roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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